bup-tag(1)						      General Commands Manual							bup-tag(1)

NAME

       bup-tag - tag a commit in the bup repository

SYNOPSIS

       bup tag

       bup tag <tag name> <committish>

       bup tag -d <tag name>

DESCRIPTION

       bup tag lists, creates or deletes a tag in the bup repository.

       A tag is an easy way to retreive a specific commit.  It can be used to mark a specific backup for easier retrieval later.

       When  called without any arguments, the command lists all tags that can be found in the repository.  When called with a tag name and a com-
       mit ID or ref name, it creates a new tag with the given name, if it doesn't already exist, that points to the commit given  in  the  second
       argument.  When called with '-d' and a tag name, it removes the given tag, if it exists.

       bup  exposes  the  contents  of	backups with current tags, via any command that lists or shows backups.  They can be found under the /.tag
       directory.  For example, the 'ftp' command will show the tag named 'tag1' under /.tag/tag1.

       Tags are also exposed under the branches from which they can be reached.  For example, if you create a tag named 'important'  under  branch
       'computerX',  you  will	also be able to retrieve the contents of the backup that was tagged under /computerX/important.  This is done as a
       convenience, and should the branch 'computerX' be deleted, the contents of the tagged backup will be available through  /.tag/important	as
       long as the tag is not deleted.

OPTIONS

       -d, --delete
	      delete a tag

EXAMPLE

	      $ bup tag new-puppet-version hostx-backup

	      $ bup tag
	      new-puppet-version

	      $ bup ftp "ls /.tag/new-puppet-version"
	      files..

	      $ bup tag -d new-puppet-version

SEE ALSO

       bup-save(1), bup-split(1), bup-ftp(1), bup-fuse(1), bup-web(1)

BUP

       Part of the bup(1) suite.

AUTHORS

       Gabriel Filion <lelutin@gmail.com>.

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